In this interview, Lois Queen Farthing of Cherokee talks about her family's history in the tourism industry. Farthing grew up on the Cherokee Reservation, where her family operated a dairy farm before building and opening tourist cabins in the late…
Nicholas Fedor is interviewed by Jadon Cole on September 15, 2022 as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Fedor talks about his experience in the US Navy from 2010-2018 where he served as Corpsman. He talks…
Mary Claire Feimster, an administrative assistant at Goodwill Workforce Development, discusses her work experiences during and leading up to her current position. She talks about how people view her differently for being young or judge her to be…
April Ferguson is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Ferguson talks about growing up and working on the family
Clifton Fisher is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Born in 1951, Fisher grew up in Jackson County. He talks about his childhood including playing…
Bill Fisher is interviewed by Emily Lower, July 8, 1998 at his home in Glenville, North Carolina to talk about the music he played. Fisher began in his teens, while attending Glenville High School, playing the harmonica and then picked up the guitar.…
Al Forney was born in Waynesville in 1954. He attended the Pigeon Street School in his earliest years. Forney recalls how the staff at Pigeon Street School were strict yet loving. Teachers expected all their students to learn because they believed…
Lin Forney talks about growing up in segregated communities in Western North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s, her memories of the Civil Rights Movement, experiences with school desegregation including resistance from the white students, and the…
Talinda Forney is interviewed by Emma Miller on May 27, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. She discusses growing up in Haywood County, N.C. and her experiences with integration and desegregation…
In this 2017 interview, Martin Fowler talks about growing up in Cashiers, North Carolina located in southern Jackson County. His family owned most of the businesses there, including a grocery store.